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    been instantly cured by penicillin in the early twentieth century, but in the present day, the infection needed more complicated courses and managed the different kinds of drugs to be treated. The other disease, “MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, was a type of staph that resisted the antibiotics called…

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    antibiotics. This is a big threat to humanity as antibiotics are our only frontier against fatal diseases. Staphylococcus aureus is a bacterium that causes rotting of the flesh, but in its original state, can be simply cured by Penicillin. By the 1950s, S. aureus evolved a common resistance to which the scientists responded with Methicillin, but only to grow resistant within a year. S. aureus has continued to grow resistant to antibiotics ever since and has developed into MRSA, taking more lives…

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    MCC than on EMB. The bacterial isolates and their frequency of isolation from dumpsites were Escherichia coli (33.3%), Klebsiella spp.(16.7%) ,Pseudomonas spp. (13.3%), Proteus spp.(10%), Streptococcus spp. (8.3%), Salmonella spp. (6.7%), Staphylococcus aureus (6.7%) and Enterobacter spp. (5.0%). The high presence of pathogenic bacteria from dumpsites is of serious public health concern and highly significant. Antibiotic susceptibility testing using the disc diffusion…

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    Phenol Red. The salt concentrations in the environment are quite high (7.5%) will inhibit the growth of several species of microorganisms. Mannitol is sources of Carbohydrates, the unique fermentation bacteria. (1) In Mannitol salt agar environment, s. aureus bacteria able to ferment mannitol and it will growth with the color changed from red to yellow; s. epidermidis cannot ferment mannitol and the bacteria will growth without changing…

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    Alexander Fleming was born Scotland on August 6th, 1881. Throughout his life he fought in the Territorial Army, discovered the world's first antibiotic, and received the Nobel Peace Prize. He died on March 11th, 1955 in London. His discovery revolutionized modern day medicine. Alexander Fleming was born in Scotland but moved to London to go to school. While there he joined the army. When World War I came along,he was the assistant to a bacteriologist. This is where he became interested…

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    Impetigo Disease

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    Tommy is a 5 years old school aged child who has impetigo. It is a highly contagious disease that could be transmitted to other children. For this reason, it is important that Tommy and his mother receive information regarding the return of school. With the disease process, the concern of spreading the disease must be addressed medically. According to Koning (2015), the most effective interventions for impetigo are based in medicine, It would be okay for Tommy to return to school with…

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    It makes me wonder if the absence of attack is due to the creation of vaccine resistant weapons. I remember when visiting troops at Walter Reed and learning of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. I was in awe at how near-invincible this little virus was according to hospital staff nation-wide. If the creators of biological weapons are anything like the terrorist I’ve observed, they learn of our defensive measures and focus on exploiting…

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    elevated white blood cells count. The infection continues to spread from the ankle to the knee. The treatment rationale will be to control pain and fever using analgesics such as ibuprofen and acetaminophen. Since the culture of the wound is staphylococcus aureus, antibiotic from the sensitivity result of blood sugar monitoring to make sure the blood sugar is within range. Wound care to prevent worsening of the using surgical debridement or enzymatic products. Dieting consultancy to assist with…

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    Antibiotics are a phenomenal class of drugs that saved many lives, since the arrival of Penicillin in the 1940s. However, the misuse and over exposure of antibiotics created antibiotic resistant pathogens, causing a substantial threat to humanity in the form of severe infections. Antibiotic resistance is a global problem that can impose a catastrophic threat to people in every country. Each year in the unites states, at least 2 million people become infected with antibiotic resistant bacteria…

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    Gram-positive cocci are an interesting group of bacteria to study. Some common species include Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Enterococcus faecalis, Streptococcus pyogenes, and Sarcina lutea. Gram-positive cocci have a gram positive cell wall, cocci morphology and many different styles of grouping. Some species have begun to exhibit a resistance to fluoroquinolone by the use of altering the drug binding site and the use of a membrane pump (Hooper 2002). Thanks to the…

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